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Add a Question to an Assessment

Important Notes

If an assessment is being used on a published requisition, changes to the assessment will not affect the requisition. In order for the changes to take effect, you must republish the requisition.

Instructions

Select Assessments on the left-hand side of the screen

Select the desired assessment

Select Create New Question

Select your desired question type

Question Type options

TextBox: Single line text field; this is for short open-ended answers

Question Text: A question that will display for the user to answer

Instructions: Instructions provided to the user via the i icon (tool tip) next to the question

Required: Make the question required to force the candidate to answer the question before they are allowed to submit their job application

Basic Minimum Qualification?: Selectif this is a basic minimum qualification for the position

TextBox Multiline: Multiple line text field; appropriate for longer open-ended answers; recommended in most cases as the box will expand to accommodate the text

Question Text: A question that will display for the user to answer

Instructions: Instructions provided to the user via the i icon (tool tip) next to the question

Required: Make the question required to force the candidate to answer the question before they are allowed to submit their job application

Dropdown List: Multiple options displayed in a drop-down; can only have one answer

Question Text: A question that will display for the user to answer

Instructions: Instructions provided to the user via the i icon (tool tip) next to the question

Required: Make the question required to force the candidate to answer the question before they are allowed to submit their job application

Basic Minimum Qualification?: Selectif this is a basic minimum qualification for the position

Note: If a candidate selects an answer that is marked BMQ, the candidate will receive a 1 out of 1; you can check more than one answer as BMQ

Add Answer: These will be the answers that the applicant will choose from

The first blank field is the name of the option

The drop-down identifies if there is a value associated with the answer from 0-5, with 1 being the least important and 5 being the most important, this assists with rating how well-suited the employee is for the job

When scoring, the highest answer will be the total points awarded for the question, similar to a test

For example, if a candidate selects an answer worth 3 points, but the best answer is worth 5 points, the candidate will receive 3 out of 5

Select Done to finish adding the option, repeat the steps above until all options you desire are displayed on the screen

Note: You are able to modify options by selecting the name

Checkbox List: Multiple options displayed in a checkbox list; can have more than one answer

Question Text: A question that will display for the user to answer

Instructions: Instructions provided to the user via the i icon (tool tip) next to the question

Required: Make the question required to force the candidate to answer the question before they are allowed to submit their job application

Basic Minimum Qualification?: Selectif this is a basic minimum qualification for the position

Note: If a candidate selects an answer that is marked BMQ, the candidate will receive a 1 out of 1; you can check more than one answer as BMQ

Add Answer: These will be the answers that the applicant will choose from

The first blank field is the name of the option

The drop-down identifies if there is a value associated with the answer from 0-5, with 1 being the least important and 5 being the most important, this assists with rating how well-suited the employee is for the job

When scoring, all the answers will be added together

For example, if you have 3 answers worth 1, 2, and 3 points respectively, the total points that would be awarded for this question is 6. A candidate will only receive all 6 points if they check all the boxes.

Select Done to finish adding the option, repeat the steps above until all options you desire are displayed on the screen

Note: You are able to modify options by selecting the name

Radio Button List: Multiple options displayed in a radio button list; can only have one answer

Question Text: A question that will display for the user to answer

Instructions: Instructions provided to the user via the i icon (tool tip) next to the question

Required: Make the question required to force the candidate to answer the question before they are allowed to submit their job application

Basic Minimum Qualification?: Selectif this is a basic minimum qualification for the position

Note: If a candidate selects an answer that is marked BMQ, the candidate will receive a 1 out of 1; you can check more than one answer as BMQ

Add Answer: These will be the answers that the applicant will choose from

The first blank field is the name of the option

The drop-down identifies if there is a value associated with the answer from 0-5, with 1 being the least important and 5 being the most important. This assists with rating how well-suited the employee is for the job

When scoring, the highest answer will be the total points awarded for the question, similar to a test. For example, if a candidate selects an answer worth 3 points, but the best answer is worth 5 points, the candidate will receive a 3 out of 5.

Select Done to finish adding the option. Repeat the steps above until all options you desire are displayed on the screen

Note: You are able to modify an option by selecting the name

Yes No: Allow the user to select a Yes/No answer type

Note: You are required to input answers for Yes and No. You can put more than two answers. This question type acts just like a radio button list.

For example, you may want to use “I agree” and “I do not agree” or “Yes” “No” “Not Applicable”

Question Text: A question that will display for the user to answer

Instructions: Instructions provided to the user via the i icon next to the question

Required: Make the question required to force the candidate to answer the question before they are allowed to submit their job application

Note: If a candidate selects an answer that is marked BMQ, the candidate will receive a 1 out of 1; you can check more than one answer as BMQ

Add Answer

The first blank field is the name of the option

The drop-down identifies if there is a value associated with the answer from 0-5, with 1 being the least important and 5 being the most important; this assists with rating how well-suited the employee is for the job

When scoring, the highest answer will be the total points awarded for the question, similar to a test.

For example, if a candidate selects an answer worth 3 points, but the best answer is worth 5 points, the candidate will receive a 3 out of 5

Select Done to finish adding the option. Repeat the steps above until all options you desire are displayed on the screen

Note: You are able to modify an option by selecting the name

Select Save Changes

Note: A preview is available to the right of every option.

Note: If you do not see the option for Basic Minimum Qualification, it may need to be turned on.